Do you believe AV and GMMG operate in independent vacuums? Do you believe that GMMG speaks to AV through the media?

Or do you believe GMMG was making a general comment about the Cuncks play of late? A team that is used to imposing its will on the game and making opponents react that now, through injuries and whatever else must react to the game opponents play against them.

Holland and Babcock are in a very simular situation to Gillis and Vigneault.

The Wings just lost to Columbus twice and Calgary. They've lost 6 of 7 games games this year to Columbus, Calgary and Minnesota. They have 12 goals in their last 8 games and have scored one powerplay goal on the road all season.

Holland hasn't addressed positional needs since last summer and Babcock can't coax goals from a team battling injuries.

Topper wrote:Do you believe AV and GMMG operate in independent vacuums? Do you believe that GMMG speaks to AV through the media?

Or do you believe GMMG was making a general comment about the Cuncks play of late? A team that is used to imposing its will on the game and making opponents react that now, through injuries and whatever else must react to the game opponents play against them.

Topper I think this is bang on. When we were elite, a contender, other teams had to adapt to play with us. Now we are no longer in that status, for whatever reasons, we must learn to adapt more. It is the nature of the beast. If and when we regain that elite status, that momentum, then we can let others come to us but for now we need to learn to play to others strengths and win ugly.

Is this a product of coaching or is this a product of players doing the same things over and over hoping for a different result? Maybe both.

Topper wrote:Do you believe AV and GMMG operate in independent vacuums? Do you believe that GMMG speaks to AV through the media?

Or do you believe GMMG was making a general comment about the Cuncks play of late? A team that is used to imposing its will on the game and making opponents react that now, through injuries and whatever else must react to the game opponents play against them.

When good players on others teams come to the Canucks and under-perform (Ballard, Booth, Garrison) and the Canucks depth and role players go onto other teams to have career years (Hodgson and Grabner) it tells me the coaching staff can't get the best out of their players.

Ballard is a great skater, one of the best when it comes to blueliners in the league, this strength and asset is not used.

Booth is also a great skater, instead of using that speed and driving to the net, he's afraid of getting benched for not being defensily responsible.

Garrison's got a howser of a shot but needs a set up man (Campbell), the Canucks have one of the best in Henrik, but Garrison doesn't play the point on a pathetic PP when Henrik's on the ice.

Topper wrote:Do you believe AV and GMMG operate in independent vacuums? Do you believe that GMMG speaks to AV through the media?

Or do you believe GMMG was making a general comment about the Cuncks play of late? A team that is used to imposing its will on the game and making opponents react that now, through injuries and whatever else must react to the game opponents play against them.

Topper I think this is bang on. When we were elite, a contender, other teams had to adapt to play with us. Now we are no longer in that status, for whatever reasons, we must learn to adapt more. It is the nature of the beast. If and when we regain that elite status, that momentum, then we can let others come to us but for now we need to learn to play to others strengths and win ugly.

Is this a product of coaching or is this a product of players doing the same things over and over hoping for a different result? Maybe both.

Definitely agree, HW, although I would project that line of reasoning to certain portions of the previous seasons (i.e. the team was so used to winning and dominating that when it played against teams it couldn't have it's way with, it was unable to adapt). And I would argue that such problem has been, at least in part, a coaching problem (i.e. inability or unwillingness to adapt strategy - other than playing musical chairs with the lines, of course).

vic wrote:When good players on others teams come to the Canucks and under-perform (Ballard, Booth, Garrison) and the Canucks depth and role players go onto other teams to have career years (Hodgson and Grabner) it tells me the coaching staff can't get the best out of their players.

Ballard is a great skater, one of the best when it comes to blueliners in the league, this strength and asset is not used.

Booth is also a great skater, instead of using that speed and driving to the net, he's afraid of getting benched for not being defensily responsible.

Garrison's got a howser of a shot but needs a set up man (Campbell), the Canucks have one of the best in Henrik, but Garrison doesn't play the point on a pathetic PP when Henrik's on the ice.

No team has won more games over the last two seasons, it's not as if AV isn't an NHL coach.

The problem is the forwards. That points to GMMG.

GMMG assembled the group that has won more games than any other team over the past two years, and he's the problem. Gillis's signings, re-signings , and trades have giving the Canucks possibly the best lineup in their history for the past two years and he hasn't done enough.

Genius.

Gillis resigned a coach who cannot and will not get it done. What a waste of talent on the ice.